Scam: "AT&T Free Msg: You came in ... in the Connecticut AT&T SWEEPSTAKES"

Hello I keep getting messages from a number saying “ATT FREE MSG: Congratulations to 2 lucky users! Today’s winners of our daily raffle are: Jennifer, David and you, Jerry! Claim now.” Keep in mind I’m not even subscribed to anything from at&t and my name is not jerry any help?

Do you think these amateur scammers have an AT&T Scammer's Conference to come up with the next lame attempt?

Hey JeClear, your scammers stepped a level up giving you specific amounts, mine were non committed. They need to go back to the Fourth World where they can practice on their own kind.

I also received one and I live in Oregon. Wish I could send the screen capture. Don’t have much faith that art gives a (Edited per community guidelines).

Clearly these messages are phishing expeditions, I  also get random phone calls.

To avoid having to guess if a call is legitimate I have decided to record all legitimate numbers to my contacts. If I receive an unrecorded legitimate number call, they leave a voice mail and I call back after entering their info in my contact list.

Similarly with legitimate text messages, I enter the number in contacts.

These bogus calls and text messages should inoculate us and prevent us from answering these baits.